June 2008 Vol 41, N0.9
Calendar
June
17 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
The campus voice of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
What’s Happening on Campus
18 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
19 Pell Pay Date
CCC&TI English Instructor Receives Teaching Excellence
Award
24 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
25 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
26 Pell Pay Date
Matthew Wiliams, Instructor in English at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, was
recently named recipient of the Donald W. Lackey Teaching Excellence Award.
July
1 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
2 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
3 Curriculum Student Holiday
4 Independence Day; Institution
Closed
CCC&TI Night at the Crawdad’s
Game!
7 Classes Resume
Last day for students to drop
classes.
8 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
9 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
10-25 Online Registration for current
curriculum students.
15 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
16 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
17 Pell Pay Date
22 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
23 Recovery Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
29 Alpha Omega Club Meeting, 12
noon; E-310
30 Recover)' Meeting, 12 noon; E-301
End of Summer Session /Exams
Inside:
IT Institute Graduation
TRIO/ETS Senior Breakfast
John Noblitt Receives AAMI
Award
. and more!
The award was established in 1988 to honor Dr.
Don Lackey for his outstanding service as a member
of CCC&TI’s Board of Trustees. The award
recognizes a faculty member who characterizes
personal dedication, concern for student welfare
and academic excellence. CCC&TI faculty and staff
make nominations for the annual award with the
final recipient being chosen by a committee of
faculty, staff and students.
This year’s honoree, Matthew Wiliams, grew up in
High Point, NC and earned both his Bachelor's
Degree in English and his Master of English,
Education degrees at Appalachian State University.
After a short stint teaching high school English,
Williams spent a couple of years teaching part-time
at both ASU and CCC&TI’s Watauga campus before
becoming a full-time English instructor on the
Caldwell campus in 2004.
Wiliams says that although his life as an educator is
a fulfilling one, he didn't always see himself as a
teacher. “I didn't really aspire to be a teacher or
envision myself as one until two semesters into
graduate school,” he said. As a newlywed and a
student, Wiliams says he took advantage of an
opportunity to work as a graduate teaching
assistant to help pay bills. "I taught under the
direction of ASU English instructors Georgia
Rhoades and Mark Vogel, and my life was changed
forever," he said. "They taught me that teaching was
more about the people we taught than the subject
itself ...[and] that great teaching best follows a love
of humanity.”
Wiliams says his favorite aspects of teaching are the
everyday encounters with his students. "I like
sharing in their lives and experiences," he says. “I am
humbled that I have had the opportunity to have
students confide and share their day-to-day worries
with me."
Pictured above, Instructor Matthew
Williams, winner of the 2008 Donald
W. Lackey Teaching Excellence Award
Winning the award came as a huge surprise to Wiliams. "I never expected that I would actually win it," he
said. “I feel tremendously blessed. I felt that way before receiving the award, but I am more than ever
reminded of how blessed I’ve been.” Wiliams attributes much of success to his faith and to his love for the
students he teaches. "The main way we show our love for Christ is to love the people we come in contact
with," he says. "We should all seek out ways to love and support one another. Teaching opens many doors
to do this, but then I think most careers do when one has his or her eyes open!”
Wiliams and his wife, Jenny, are residents of Caldwell County and active members of Fellowship Baptist
Church. They have two children, Abraham, 7, and Abigail, 5.
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